6 February 2024

Education, Sport and Children's Services Committee - 6 February 2024

Notice of Meeting

There will be a Meeting of the Committee in the Council Offices, Stornoway, on Tuesday, 6 February 2024 at 10.00am

Agenda

*It is recommended that, under the terms of Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the public, including the press, be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following Items on the grounds that exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act would be disclosed:

Item 3 - Paragraph 5 - Information relating to the adoption, care, fostering or education of any particular child or relating to the supervision or residence of any particular child in accordance with a supervision requirement made in respect of that child under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.

Minutes

  1. Minute of Meeting of 28 November 2023
  2. Declaration of Interest

Children’s Services

  1. Residential Placements for Children and Young People

    Report by Head of Children’s Services/Chief Social Work Officer
  2. Bairns Hoose Pathfinder Programme
    Appendix

    Report by Head of Children’s Services/Chief Social Work Officer
  3. Rowantree House Inspection Outcome
    Appendix

    Report by Head of Children’s Services/Chief Social Work Officer
  4. Local Residential Facility Project Update

    Report by Head of Children’s Services/Chief Social Work Officer

Educational Provision

  1. Report by HM Inspectors of Education: Bun-Sgoil Lacasdail and Sgoil Àraich Lacasdail
    Appendix

    Report by Chief Officer Education and Children’s Services
  2. Report by HM Inspectors of Education: The Nicolson Institute
    Appendix

    Report by Chief Officer Education and Children’s Services
  3. Stornoway Primary Sports Development Update
    Appendix

    Report by Chief Officer Education and Children’s Services
  4. Establishment of a Policy on Mobile Phone Use in Schools

    Report by Chief Officer Education and Children’s Services
  5. Northern Alliance Regional Improvement Collaborative: Progress and Changes to Funding
    Appendix

    Report by Chief Officer Education and Children’s Services
  6. Confucius Institute for Scotland’s Schools (CISS)
    Appendix 1
    Appendix 2
    Appendix 3

    Report by Chief Officer Education and Children’s Services

Related Matters

  1. Scottish Public Library Annual Survey 2023

    Report by Chief Officer Education and Children’s Services
  2. Chapman/ Gibb Digitisation Map

    Report by Depute Chief Executive and Team Leader Heritage and Culture

Performance Monitoring

  1. Reports Outstanding

    Report by Chief Executive

Note: The next scheduled meeting of the Committee will be on 23 April 2024